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Man has second thoughts after setting house on fire

Date Posted: 2003-05-24

A man was arrested after he set his own house on fire in an apparent suicide attempt in Onna Village, Saturday. According to police investigators, the 53-year-old man sprinkled gasoline from his lawn mover inside his house, and then set it on fire. He told police he wanted to commit a suicide because of the heavy debts he had accumulated.

However, as the flames spread he had second thoughts, ran out of the house and called the police and fire department. "I owe money to everyone and I never can repay it. I thought that I would rather die than have this trouble, but then I thought better of it," the man reportedly said.